“A lot of people like the one-state solution. Some people like the two-state solution. So we’ll have to see.”

That was Donald Trump this week when asked about the long-term future for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His 20-point peace plan in Gaza does not explicitly mention a two-state solution but does set out plans for a “credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognise as the aspiration of the Palestinian people”.

Over the decades of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, a two-state solution has been mooted as the most viable path towards lasting peace. After recent moves by the UK, France and Australia , 157 of the 193 UN member nations now recognise a Palestinian state, though this remains a mainly “symbolic gesture”, without the back

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